WOOOOOOOO!!!!! KUNG FU HUSTLE!!!!!
i’ve actually seen that movie, its damn hilarious, although the subtitles ticked me off just a little. it’s kinda hard to conentrate on the bottom AND the middle of the screen at once.
bernie ur comics are great and ur “today’s comic/post” hyperlink aint working.
i dont own any money so u cant hav any

Kung Fu Hustle is awesome. “Why don’t you speak Chinese??” I didn’t mind the subs at all, I prefer subtitles to bad english dubbing. But let’s not get into a subs vs. dubs war here. *subtly initiates war*

Ok, this comic was awesome.
I have no money to my name atm for the lacking of the Job.
Congrats on the twins I guess, sorry about the soon to be loss of your wife, I mean what a way to go Bebbies bursting out your chest.
As for the rent a negro thing that was funny.

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Kung Fu Hustle is awesome. “Why don’t you speak Chinese??” I didn’t mind the subs at all, I prefer subtitles to bad english dubbing. But let’s not get into a subs vs. dubs war here. *subtly initiates war*

*edit* Oh yeah, great new comic! ‘Bout time Pres got a girlfriend.

too tru. every1 hates crappy dubbing. remember i sed CRAPPY dubbing. the english version of spirited away was actually dubbed, wih the english words carefully chosen to fit the rhythm of the japanese words. i kno this because i had to do a #@%#&##@$@$^@$ing 1000 word analysis on that movie for school. in ENGLISH. i couldn’t write it without going over 2k :D

LOOK, I’M BACK! Don’t worry, I’ve been looking at the comics. Just got caught up in Gaia. And got kicked off the comp. Meh… Oh, and Alderic, my friend is mad that you’re using Leo’s face as your avatar thingy from VGCats. He’s part of a web-comic-nerds-cult-thing.

He just threatened to hurt me for posting that.

He threatened me again for typing that ^. I shall punch him if he does it again.

Holly wrote:
But let’s not get into a subs vs. dubs war here. *subtly initiates war*

Aw, you know I can’t resist. :)

In order from “yes, please” to “die, motherfucker, die”:

Good dubbing
Good subtitles
(A few years ago, those would have been flip-flopped, but as my eyesight continues to decay….)
Bad subtitles
Bad dubbing

Another example of good dubbing – and good advance planning – would be Cowboy Bebop. It took me a couple of times through to realize that not only does word-to-lip-movement look good, but it was done so that’s rarely even an issue. It’s very subtle, but I eventually picked up on how rarely you’re looking directly at a character’s mouth while he or she is speaking dialogue of any length.

[huff]
Unfortunately, an example of bad subtitling can be found in Seven Samurai – and the Criterion version, no less. The grammar isn’t especially painful, but the spelling is. We’re talking the kinds of errors that even people who seem proud to announce that they can’t spell, and go into auto-whine mode the moment someone mentions spelling, still notice. You would think while they were rescuing an avowed classic, they could have taken a moment to have someone go through and say (for example) “Hey, it should be your there, not you’re, and bare doesn’t have two rs.”
[end huff]

urbanshawoman wrote:
Another example of good dubbing – and good advance planning – would be Cowboy Bebop. It took me a couple of times through to realize that not only does word-to-lip-movement look good, but it was done so that’s rarely even an issue. It’s very subtle, but I eventually picked up on how rarely you’re looking directly at a character’s mouth while he or she is speaking dialogue of any length.

The Cowboy Bebop dub is very good. It’s probably one of the best. I also am fond of the Tenchi Muyo and the Gundam Wing dubs, as well as various movies like Twilight of the Dark Master and Ninja Scroll. I don’t really mind if the mouth movements don’t match the sounds, for me it’s all about acting ability. Regardless of whether it’s anime or western cartoons, if the voice acting sucks, it takes so much away from the whole thing. I understand anime dubs aren’t done with a huge budget and they basically pull from a pool of voice actors that get recycled over and over again, but it still bothers me that they use such sucky actors sometimes.

In general, I’d rather stick with a good foreign dub with subtitles than a lousy english dub.

Holly wrote:
they basically pull from a pool of voice actors that get recycled over and over again

The more Adult Swim I see, the more I’m aware of that. The big one is the guy who did the dub of Jet in CB. He has a very distinctive voice, and I hear it a lot. Pretty much if there’s a tough-but-fair cop who the rebel main character trusts, there he’ll be. Fortunately, he’s quite good. According to IMDb, he’s done a truckload of TV, too. He was also in Real Genius, so I’m going to have to go back and look for him.